Tell me year you were born - I'll give you list of #1 songs of that year

surveyor_nm said:
How about 1954? Geez, I'm getting old.... Thanks! Bill
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#1 Songs of 1954

Hey There - Rosemary Clooney
I Need You Now - Eddie Fisher
Little Things Mean a Lot - Kitty Kallen
Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa) - Eddie Fisher
Secret Love - Doris Day
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) - The Crew-Cuts
This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney
Three Coins in the Fountain - Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
Wanted - Perry Como
 
Reloader said:
Christmas day 1951..
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#1 Songs of 1951

Be My Love - Mario Lanza
Because Of You - Tony Bennett
Cold, Cold Heart - Tony Bennett
Come On-a My House - Rosemary Clooney
Cry - Johnny Ray and The Four Lads
How High the Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
If - Perry Como
Sin - Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
Too Young - Nat "King" Cole
 
mike from st pete said:
Summer Solstice 1955
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#1 Songs of 1955

Ain't That a Shame - Pat Boone
Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado & His Orchestra
Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) - Georgia Gibbs
Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters
Learnin' the Blues - Frank Sinatra
Let Me Go, Lover - Joan Weber
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - The Four Aces
Medic - Les Baxter & His Orchestra (instrumental)
Sincerely - The McGuire Sisters
Sixteen Tons - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford
Unchained Melody - Les Baxter and His Orchestra & Chorus
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra and Chorus
 
mike from st pete said:
Summer Solstice 1955
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Ahhh.. '55. The year the rock-n-roll era truly began: the music dubbed "rock-n-roll" by DJ Allan Freed in describing the sound of the No. 1 song that year.

1. Rock around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets (re-release)
2. Sixteen Tons - Tennesse Ernie Ford
3. Love is a Many Splendor Things - Four Aces
4. The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller
5. Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams
6. Learnin' the Blues - Frank Sinatra
7. Ain't that a Shame - Pat Boone
8. Moments to Remember - Four Lads
9. I Hear You Knocking- Gale Storm
10. A Blossom Fell - Nat King Cole
 
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deanodog said:
1938...Did they sing back then?
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#1 Songs of 1938

A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald
Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell
Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means You're Grand) - The Andrews Sisters
Cathedral In the Pines - Shep Fields
Change Partners - Fred Astaire
Change Partners - Jimmy Dorsey
Cry, Baby, Cry - Larry Clinton
Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman
Heart and Soul - Larry Clinton
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Duke Ellington
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Benny Goodman
I Won't Tell A Soul - Andy Kirk
I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams - Bing Crosby
I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams - Russ Morgan
Love Walked In - Sammy Kaye
Music, Maestro, Please - Tommy Dorsey
My Reverie - Larry Clinton
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Fred Astaire
Please Be Kind - Red Norvo
Rosalie - Sammy Kaye
Thanks For the Memory - Shep Fields
Ti Pi Tin - Horace Heidt
Two Sleepy People - Fats Waller
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - Bing Crosby
You're A Sweetheart - Dolly Dawn
 
I have a feeling that I am the youngest guy on this forum. I was born in 1988.
 
Roymond said:
I have a feeling that I am the youngest guy on this forum. I was born in 1988.
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You are correct so far.

#1 Songs of 1988

Anything for You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird Medley (Free Baby) - Will to Power
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Could've Been - Tiffany
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
Father Figure - George Michael
The Flame - Cheap Trick
Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car - Billy Ocean
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
A Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins
Hold on to the Nights - Richard Marx
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
Look Away - Chicago
Love Bites - Def Leppard
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
Monkey - George Michael
Need You Tonight - Inxs
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
One More Try - George Michael
Red Red Wine - UB40
Roll with It - Steve Winwood
Seasons Change - Expose
So Emotional - Whitney Houston
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
Together Forever - Rick Astley
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
Wild Wild West - Escape Club
Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
 
wow

oldfella said:
OK, I'll play - How about 1917

Pete (The Oldfella)
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hey oldman, that was before prohibition, i know you were from chicago, is that where you were born, if so you must have memories of the capone days, my old man was born in '18 and he had tales of the mob, bonnie and clyde, dillinger, et al, lotta stories eh oldman.

oh and sorry for the hijack.
 
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